Former teacher gets life sentence for sexual abuse
KAYE THORNBRUGH | Hagadone News Network | UPDATED 3 years, 10 months AGO
Ronald D. Stone booking photo
Kaye Thornbrugh is a second-generation Kootenai County resident who has been with the Coeur d’Alene Press for six years. She primarily covers Kootenai County’s government, as well as law enforcement, the legal system and North Idaho College. | October 14, 2022 9:15 AM
COEUR d’ALENE — A former teacher convicted of sexually abusing two children received a life sentence.
Ronald D. Stone, 64, was convicted in June of two counts of lewd conduct with a minor under the age of 16.
Judge Cynthia Meyer sentenced Stone on Thursday to life in prison, the maximum penalty. He will be eligible for parole in 30 years, when he is 94 years old.
The victims were between the ages of 3 and 15 years old when Stone abused them.
The crimes were not connected to Stone’s former employment as a fifth-grade teacher at Hayden Meadows Elementary School.
This is a developing story.
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